Subject: Re: config options
To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Randy Terbush <randy@zyzzyva.com>
List: current-users
Date: 03/04/1995 11:16:35
> On Fri, 03 Mar 1995 18:45:32 -0600 
>  Randy Terbush <randy@zyzzyva.com> wrote:
> 
>  > Could someone comment on the state of thes binary compatibility options?
>  > Last I tried (last weekend) IBCS2 would not compile.
> 
> Neither does COMPAT_HPUX... :(
> 
>  > Can I run SUNOS binaries on my i386 machine? HPUX?  I also see that
>  > there is compat/linux support.
> 
> Hmm...SunOS m68k (or sparc) binaries on an i386....umm, nope.  :-)  
> HP-UX, nope.

Assuming this is a bit order restriction, and further assuming that
the COMPAT_SUNOS option would even compile on i386, could it be
a simple matter of converting the bit order?

Dumb question I suppose....

-Randy